Abstract:
The invention relates to a retroviral particle comprising a Gag polyprotein-derived protein, an envelope protein, optionally an integrase and at least two encapsidated non-viral RNAs, each of said encapsidated non-viral RNAs containing an RNA sequence of interest linked to an encapsidation sequence, each encapsidation sequence being recognized by a binding domain that is introduced into the Gag polyprotein-derived protein and/or into the integrase; furthermore, at least one of the sequences of interest of the encapsidated non-viral RNAs comprises a portion coding for a nuclease.
Abstract:
Described herein is a method of preventing or treating a disease in a mammalian subject, comprising administering to the subject who is in need thereof an effective dosage of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a virus like particle (VLP) comprising: an alphavirus replicon comprising a recombinant polynucleotide, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a sequence encoding both subunits of a human class II major histocompatibility antigen, a retroviral gag protein, and a fusogenic envelope protein, wherein the VLP does not contain an alphavirus structural protein gene.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an adenoviral-based biological delivery and expression system for use in the treatment or prevention of osteoathritis in human or mammalian joints by long- term inducible gene expression of human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (II-1 Ra) in synovial cells, comprising a helper-dependent adenoviral vector containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding for human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (II-1 Ra), left and right inverted terminal repeats (L ITR and R ITR), the adenoviral packaging signal and non-viral, non-coding stuffer nucleic acid sequences, wherein the expression of the human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (II-1 Ra) gene within synovial cells is regulated by an inflammation-inducible promoter.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to gene therapy delivery and expression systems comprising at least one helper-dependent adenoviral vector containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding for proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) or a biologically active fragment thereof. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one helper-dependent adenoviral vector containing said nucleic acid sequence encoding for proteoglycan 4 (PRG4), or a homolog thereof from any other species, or a biologically active fragment thereof. The invention also relates to the use of the novel gene therapy delivery and expression system according to the invention for use in the prevention and/or treatment of camptodactyly-arthropathy-coxa vara-pericarditis (CACP), or a musculoskeletal disorder such as a joint disorder or joint disease.
Abstract:
In some embodiments the present disclosure provides a composition for targeted alteration of a DNA sequence and methods of altering the targeted DNA sequence using the composition. In some embodiments such a composition comprises a MiniVector comprising a nucleic acid sequence template for homology-directed repair, alteration, or replacement of the targeted DNA sequence within a cell in vivo or in vitro, where the MiniVector lacks both a bacterial origin of replication and an antibiotic selection gene, and wherein the Mini Vector has a size up to about 2,500 base pairs.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of expressing at least one heterologous nucleic acid sequence in a cell, the method comprising introducing at least one heterologous nucleic acid sequence into a cell by infecting said cell with a recombinant negative-strand RNA virus vector comprising said at least one heterologous nucleic acid sequence, wherein the recombinant negative- strand RNA virus vector includes a viral genome coding for a mutated P protein, which leads to a loss of the viral genome replication ability without a loss of the viral transcription ability, and wherein said at least one heterologous nucleic acid sequence encodes a cellular reprogramming or programming factor or a therapeutic protein. In addition, the present invention provides a cell or a population of cells prepared in vitro by said method as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising said cell or population of cells.
Abstract:
The present invention provides compositions ccomprising retroviral vectors, transduced cells, and methods of using the same for gene therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to lentiviral vectors and cells transduced with those vectors to provide gene therapy to subjects having an adrenoleukodystrophy and/or adrenomyeloneuropathy.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a genetic variant of CMV, said genetic variant lacking intron 2 of the IE region of CMV (CMV ΙΕΔi2). The present invention also related to various uses of this genetic variant as well as RNA splice variants transcribed therefrom, and proteins expressed from the RNA splice variants, such as in the diagnosis of a CMV related cancer disease, and identification of individuals at risk of developing cancer or risk of transferring the CMV ΙΕΔi2 virus with a human sample and prevention and treatment through targeting of unique CMV IE proteins for immunotherapy and vaccination.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a minimalistic gene expression construct, its transfer into cells and its use for gene expression for molecular-medical applications. According to the disclosure, a DNA construct for gene expression is provided, wherein the construct is a linear and open-chained DNA double strand comprising a promoter sequence, a coding sequence and a termination signal, wherein the construct comprises at least one L-DNA nucleotide.
Abstract:
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine permanente humane Zelllinie, umfassend die Nukleinsäuresequenzen für die adenoviralen Genfunktionen E1A und E1B und die Nukleinsäuresequenz für das grosse T-Antigen von SV40 oder das Epstein-Barr-Virus (EBV) Nuclear Antigen-1 (EBNA-1). Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ferner ein Verfahren zur transienten Expression rekombinanter Polypeptide und Proteine in der permanenten humanen Zelllinie.